DISTRIBUTION OF JAM CLUSTERS IN A 2-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR-AUTOMATON TRAFFIC FLOW MODEL WITH OPEN BOUNDARIES

Authors
TADAKI S
Citation
S. Tadaki, DISTRIBUTION OF JAM CLUSTERS IN A 2-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR-AUTOMATON TRAFFIC FLOW MODEL WITH OPEN BOUNDARIES, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 66(3), 1997, pp. 514-517
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319015
Volume
66
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
514 - 517
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9015(1997)66:3<514:DOJCIA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The distribution of jam clusters in a two-dimensional cellular automat on model of traffic flow with open boundaries is investigated by compu ter simulation. The size distribution of jam clusters obeys the power law of the injection rate in the high-injection-rate region. The total number of unmoved cars in jam clusters shows a sharp transition at th e critical injection rate and can be an adequate order parameter descr ibing the phase transition with the emergence of a traffic jam.